Content explaining apparatus and method
AssigneePioneer Corporation
InventorsTaro Nakajima, Naoaki Horiuchi
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Abstract
A content explaining apparatus and method computes the degrees of similarity between a specified content and the other contents than the specified content of multiple contents based on content information stored in content information database means, computes a user realization degree for each of the other contents based on user information stored in user management database means or the content information stored in the content information database means, computes an explanation accuracy degree of each of the other contents for the specified content from the similarity degree and user realization degree of said each of the other contents, and presents content explaining information for the specified content according to the explanation accuracy degrees.
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A content explaining apparatus for explaining a content, comprising:
- a content specifying unit which specifies a content to be explained from among a plurality of contents;
- a content information database unit which stores content information concerning each of said plurality of contents;
- a user management database unit which stores user information concerning each of said plurality of contents;
- a similarity degree computing unit which computes a degree of similarity between the content specified by said content specifying unit and each remaining content other than the specified content of said plurality of contents based on the content information stored in said content information database unit;
- a user realization degree computing unit which computes a user realization degree for each remaining content based on the user information stored in said user management database unit or the content information stored in said content information database unit;
- an explanation accuracy degree computing unit which computes a degree indicating an explanation level for the specified content of each remaining content as an explanation accuracy degree based on a computing result of said similarity degree computing unit and a computing result of said user realization degree computing unit;
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- an explanation presenting unit which presents content explaining information for said specified content in accordance with explanation accuracy degrees that are computing results of said explanation accuracy degree computing unit.
A content explaining method of explaining a content, comprising:
- a content specifying step of specifying a content to be explained from among a plurality of contents;
- a similarity degree computing step of computing a degree of similarity between the content specified in said content specifying step and each remaining content other than the specified content of the plurality of contents based on content information stored in a content information database unit;
- a user realization degree computing step of computing a user realization degree for each remaining content based on user information stored in a user management database unit or the content information stored in said content information database unit;
- an explanation accuracy degree computing step of computing a degree indicating an explanation level for the specified content of each remaining content as an explanation accuracy degree based on a computing result of said similarity degree computing step and a computing result of said user realization degree computing step;
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- an explanation presenting step of presenting content explaining information for said specified content in accordance with explanation accuracy degrees that are computing results of said explanation accuracy degree computing step.
A computer program stored in a computer-readable medium to execute a content explaining method of explaining a content, the program comprising:
- a content specifying step of specifying a content to be explained from among a plurality of contents;
- a similarity degree computing step of computing a degree of similarity between the content specified in said content specifying step and each remaining content other than the specified content of the plurality of contents based on content information stored in a content information database unit;
- a user realization degree computing step of computing a user realization degree for each remaining content based on user information stored in a user management database unit or the content information stored in said content information database unit;
- an explanation accuracy degree computing step of computing a degree indicating an explanation level for the specified content of each remaining content as an explanation accuracy degree based on a computing result of said similarity degree computing step and a computing result of said user realization degree computing step;
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- an explanation presenting step of presenting content explaining information for said specified content in accordance with explanation accuracy degrees that are computing results of said explanation accuracy degree computing step.
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